TNA Impact Wrestling Coverage: Aries and Styles Grow a Pair

From the ashes of Final Resolution comes renewed hostility in TNA.

After his “pay-off” with the Aces and Eights went sour, Bobby Roode’s problems with the “club” seem to be just beginning.

The faction also has beef with Jeff Hardy and James Storm and pretty much every other face in the company. Although heels, it’s interesting to see the crowd’s positive reaction to the Sons of Anarchy-inspired group.

At the same time, the writing and development is weak. The team lost cleanly last night and after their Sgt. At Arms, Devon said the club doesn’t give away the information of the people they do business with, they gave up Austin Aries pretty quickly. To close the show, Aries made it pretty clear he wants another go at the champion.

In the end, the situation with Aces and Eights is pretty sad. With the success of SAMCRO, this angle could be great. Instead, it’s poorly-written melodrama.

The only cool creative development during the show was AJ Styles’ heel turn. After a year of wasting away as the boy scout face, it was nice to see him announce that he’s not going to be so predictable anymore.
Wish the same thing could be said for Impact Wrestling.

Matches:

Madison Rayne vs. Velvet Sky: Garbed in a sexy leather and see-through cat-like suit, Sky was sexy as ever. She was actually better in the ring than she was before he exodus six months ago as well, but it helped that she was in there with someone as solid as Rayne. While both traded offense shortly, Sky won with her sit-out Pedigree.

Wes Brisco and Garrett Bischoff w/ Kurt Angle vs. Robbie E. and Rob Terry: The faces were on the defensive for most of the match, with Brisco doing most of the selling. Bischoff changed the tempo after the hot tag, but the experience of the heels shined through, but not for long. After a quick tag, Brisco tagged himself back in and hit Terry with a cross body from the top rope for the victory. After the match, a member of Aces and Eights took out Angle’s leg.

James Storm and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy vs. Luke Gallows and Unknown Aces and Eights member: Pretty routine match that seemed to drag on forever. Hardy made his trademark comeback and the fans went nuts. The hot tag to Storm didn’t go as planned and the Aces and Eights kept their advantage a few seconds longer. Once Storm got in, he went through his signature offense, but he, like Hardy, couldn’t put the two behemoths away. Once the whole gang hit the ring, Storm and Hardy were up to the task. After a Last Call Super Kick and a Twist of Fate, Storm and Hardy got the win.

After the match Aces and Eights announced Austin Aries was the one who paid off the club to make sure Roode didn’t take home the TNA World Heavyweight title at Final Resolution.

Kenny King vs. TNA X-Division Champion Rob Van Dam: Good match with King ironically dishing out most of the punishment. These two have similar styles and create a fun, wild bout. Things got furry at the end after King won after a Cross Body Block from the top and put his legs on the ropes for leverage.

Bully Ray vs. Jessie w/Tara: Ray was literally slap happy. He threw some of the hardest slaps on a televised wrestling match in years. Jessie’s pectorals may never be the same. Although Jessie ultimately battled back and made for a decent match, Ray was never really in trouble. He eventually won with the Bubba Cutter.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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